İlyas Kahraman

İlyas Kahraman (born March 31, 1976 in Istanbul) is a Turkish professional soccer player. He is a midfielder and is famous of his powerful freekicks and talented left foot. He plays for Eyüpspor.

After being promoted from Galatasaray's youth club to senior club, Ilyas played for Galatasaray for a while. He was seen as one of the most important players for the future by the club management. However, his career dramatically changed after he missed a crucial penalty in a historical Turkish Cup match against Gençlerbirliği on November 28, 1996.